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Curtain Time: Stage shows abound around metro area

New year brings variety of productions in local theaters

Start with our south suburban neighborhoods and consider driving north and west to Denver, Lakewood, Golden and Arvada; north and east to Aurora. There are stage productions for everyone

Some organizations consider this time of year the start of a new season, as well as a new year, while others start the season in September and run to June ... Live theater is a specific choice and actors are thrilled to see you in an audience

Here is a start-of 2019 selection:

• Opening Jan. 4 is “She Loves Me,” staged by Highlands Ranch-based Performance Now Theatre Company, which performs at Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway, Lakewood. Based on a 1937 Hungarian play, “Parfumarie,” it first appeared as a 1940 American film, “The Shop Around the Corner”; a 1949 film, with Van Johnson and Judy Garland, “Good Old Summertime”; revived in 1993 and thereafter. Readers will recognize the story about secret pen pals ... Plays through Jan. 20 at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Saturday and 2 p.m. Saturday, Sunday. Tickets: $20-$36, performancenow.org, 303-987-7845.

• “The Newsies” plays Jan. 18 to Feb. 19 at PACE Center. 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker. See parkerarts.org for ticket times and prices or call 303-805-6800. Based on the 1992 movie and an actual news event.

• “The Pinter Plays: Early Classic One-Acts” by Nobel Laureate Harold Pinter will be performed Jan 4-Feb. 2 by longstanding area theatre company Germinal Stage, in a new home at the John Hand Theater, 7653 East First Place, Denver (Lowry). Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets, $17-$25: 303-455-7108, germinalstage.com or at the door.

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